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Chadbourne expands private funds practice group team in New York

International law firm Chadbourne & Parke has appointed Sean Dailey as counsel in the private funds group in its New York office. Dailey comes to Chadbourne from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom where he worked in the investment management group. He has significant experience structuring and advising domestic and

Gramercy adds to Latin America private equity investment team

Gramercy, a dedicated emerging markets investment manager, has made several hires to its Latin America private equity investment team. The team is co-led by Gustavo Ferraro, a managing director and head of Latin American markets at Gramercy, and David Britts, a managing director focused on private equity.  The firm has

USSIM makes additional hires to strengthen co-investment team

USS Investment Management (USSIM), the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of Universities Superannuation Scheme, has appointed Robin Filmer-Wilson as investment manager, private equity co-investments. Filmer-Wilson (pictured) has over 14 years of direct private equity and mezzanine investing experience, first at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York, then at Baring Private Equity

ECI promotes Lewis Bantin to partner

Growth-focused private equity firm ECI Partners has promoted Lewis Bantin to the position of partner. The promotion recognises Bantin’s (pictured) contribution to ECI since he joined the firm in May 2008 particularly his work as head of the commercial team, an important feature of ECI’s value creation capability.   The

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Maples Fiduciary Services expands investment funds team

Maples Fiduciary Services has expanded its investment funds team in the Cayman Islands with the addition of Abali Hoilett as senior vice president and fund director. Hoilett has extensive experience in providing director and trustee services to a wide array of investment fund structures and strategies. In his new position,

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Andrew Caspersen joins Park Hill in secondary advisory business

Andrew Caspersen has joined as a managing principal of Park Hill, a division of Blackstone, with a focus on its secondary advisory business. The business delivers liquidity and capital solutions to private equity investors and managers. Caspersen was most recently a principal at Coller Capital, where he sourced, evaluated and

Inaki Echave to join Blackstone to focus on Spain and Portugal

Inaki Echave will join Blackstone’s private equity group as a managing director, with primary responsibility for Spain and Portugal. Echave (pictured) was most recently a partner with Magnum Capital, the largest independent buy-out fund on the Iberian Peninsula. He will work alongside Claudio Boada, Blackstone’s chairman for Iberia. Lionel Assant,

Hellman & Friedman names three new partners

Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman has promoted Hunter Philbrick, Judd Sher and Tarim Wasim to managing directors. Philbrick (pictured) joined Hellman & Friedman in 2003 in the firm’s San Francisco office and relocated to New York in 2005 to help build the New York office. He primarily focuses on

Palatine backed WEALTH at work appoints ex Mercer UK CEO as chairman

Alan Whalley, former UK chief executive of Mercer, has joined Palatine Private Equity-backed WEALTH at work as its new chairman. Whalley (pictured) has vast experience and knowledge of the benefits and pension industry. He is a qualified actuary who only recently retired from Mercer at the end of 2012. Previously

Fircroft appoints non-executive director

Fircroft Engineering Services, a provider of technical recruitment services backed by Equistone Partners Europe, has strengthened its board with the appointment of Philip Gore-Randall as a non-executive director. Gore-Randall (pictured) brings almost 40 years of international experience to the board. He started his career at professional services firm Andersen, working

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